UEFA EURO 2008 Stadiums: St. Jakob-Park

November 26, 2007 – 5:33 pm | by admin

St. Jakob-Park, or “Joggeli”, is the stadium where FC Basel play. Having a capacity of about 42,500 seats, the stadium is now being renovated for the matches of the Euro 2008 so that it would fit more seats at the time. The sides of the stadium are divided as the four blocks of the stadium (A, B, C and D). However, “Joggeli” is a new stadium, as its construction had started in December 1998 and the first game on it was in March 2001. EUFA awarded this stadium with 4 stars, which is the highest award for a stadium of its size.

St. Jakob-Park is officially owned by the “Genossenschaft S.J.P.”, and managed by “Basel United”.
It has also 32 stores displayed on three floors and two restaurants (“Restaurant UNO” and Hattrick Sports Bar”) inside it. The parking space of “Joggeli” is had the capacity of 680 cars on two floors. However, the stadium can be reached also by tram, bus and even train, as it has its own train station.

St. Jakob-Park will host six of the Euro 2008 matches: three group games (including the opening one), two quarter-finals and a semi-final.

To build again “Joggeli” you’d need 220 million Swiss Francs.

Here is the location of St. Jakob-Park stadium:

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